San Diego Bronies train to hike to Goat Canyon Trestle - 5

The ultimate goal of these hikes are to complete a 6 to 14 mile hike to the historic Goat Canyon Trestle, which is the world's largest wooden trestle, located in East San Diego county. We hope to do this hike in March 2018, as too soon and it will be wet, and too late it will be too hot. However, one does not complete such a task without conditioning and training. Therefore, this will be the first hike to train for the culminating hike.

The fifth of these hikes was to be be off of Sunrise Highway, where we will go from Desert View Picnic Site to Monument Peak (https://modernhiker.com/hike/monument-peak-via-desert-view-picnic-area) ( map link (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Desert+View+Picnic+Site,+Desert+View+Rd,+Pine+Valley,+CA+91962/Mt+Laguna/Monument+Peak/32.8698844,-116.4140899/@32.870161,-116.4130554,277a,35y,327.15h,45t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x80d9820be912fb79:0x4d410af08300314f!2m2!1d-116.4147865!2d32.8698529!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x9e5291983f1760ec!2m2!1d-116.4149952!2d32.8760461!1m5!1m1!1s0x80d97f56319c6821:0x20d2b195a277e844!2m2!1d-116.4202938!2d32.8925502!1m0!3e2) ), 5.2 miles total. From here we would have been able to see the type of conditions to the east where we will be ultimately hiking.
However, in the interest of attracting more individuals, and keeping us closer to civilization, the hike will begin southeast of Sweetwater Reservoir, and will reward us with a commanding view of the reservoir (yelp (https://www.yelp.com/biz/rock-house-trail-bonita), NHLA blog (https://nobodyhikesinla.com/2017/09/11/mother-miguel-mountain/), Peakbagger (http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=21346)). Additionally the hiking route (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mt+San+Miguel+Park/Rock+House+Trail/Mount+San+Miguel+Park,+2335+Paseo+Veracruz,+Chula+Vista,+CA+91914/@32.6776446,-116.977395,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m20!4m19!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0xa3664a002f115800!2m2!1d-116.9737548!2d32.6709665!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x48a17501bfcfc868!2m2!1d-116.9638234!2d32.6847112!1m5!1m1!1s0x80d945527344a6c3:0xa3664a002f115800!2m2!1d-116.9737548!2d32.6709665!3e2) will actually be a more physically challenging and longer hike.

Wear comfortable shoes and bring hydration.